Not a bad summer flick

Rating: 6/10 (31 July 2005)

Nowhere near as bad as the critics would have you believe, but not perfect either. Performances were serviceable to good, but the script is rather derivative, taking parts and bits from previous movies and running them thru a 2005 era generator. However this IS a Michael Bay movie, and as per his previous work if you don't know what you're in for when you go in the theater, you probably don't know his movies. You get plenty of bang for your buck, the film looks as cool as cool can be and everybody on screen looks like they're having all kinds of fun trying to put the story across. All in all a decent popcorn summer kind of movie, but don't warm up the AFI statues for Mr Bay just yet.